"Waukesha All Praise to Thee"
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The Alumni Answers:
Knowing what you know now, what quote would you put under your photo in the senior yearbook?
 

“ Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. [Ferris Bueller]” - Cathy Atkinson

“ Much of what we fret over, just doesn't matter” - Jane ( Berger) Laue

“ Put one foot in front of the other and go for it!” - Kurt Berger

“ "make good decisions" or “have faith in yourself” - Michael "Mike/Bimbo" Boehmke

“ Life's too short not to follow your dream” - Deb ( Bykowski) Van Wyk

“You are what you most believe yourself to be” – Debra Celoni

“ I don't want to look back and say I wish I would have done or tried that!” - Jeff Church

“ Live life to the fullest” - Maria ( DeLeon) Molina

“The greatest years I have known” – Richard “Dickie” Schetter

“ Life is not for sissies” - William "Bill" Domina

“ It'll all work out . . . eventually.” - Eric “Ric” Estlund

“ I'll be back.” - Wayne A. Evert

“ Life is a journey. You will experience hills and valleys. You learn that the end of the trip is not the most fulfilling part, but the ride itself. The voyage never ends.” - Wendy ( Falter) Anderson

“ "It's been a long, strange ride."” - Jill ( Fuller) Gray

“ Someday we'll buy potato chips in tennisball cans, phones without wires will be half as big as a pack of cigs, cars will look like big jelly beans and the Bears will still suck.” - Bart Gaffney

“ Too many good quotes to come up with just one…I too am lovable and capable.” - Becky ( Galitz) Calder

“ "KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE PRIZE"” - Julie ( Gatzow) Leskovsek

“ Work hard and play hard.” - Eric Geraldson

“ Believe!” - Susan ( Gnant) Lewis

“ What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. Ralph Waldo Emerson” - Laurie Grunske

“ "The treasure of your life is the gold in your heart." The source is unknown to me, and I failed to get it in as my class of '78 yearbook entry, but I still think it is a wonderful piece of advice.” - Nancy ( Hedtcke) Bowman

“ Look for the positive in everything.” - Catherine “Cathy” Heyen

“ Let me get back to you on that on” - Steve Hoag

“ Time flies by quickly. Cherish every minute!” - Roxanne ( Holmes) Walker

“ Save your money when you're young!” - Brian Hubbard

“Never look back. Always look forward.” – Randy Jackson

“ I had to go back and read it. What I wrote surprises me because it still fits for me today! I would keep it the same.” - Terri ( Hurd) Jamieson

“ It's all about balance.” - Dori ( Jankowski) Rota

“ I've seen the future; I can't afford it.” - David Kaczmarek

“ Don't sweat the small stuff.” - Kal Kerlin

“ life ain't living if you don't work a little” - Michael (Mike) Krivitz

“ Live life to its fullest.” - Michele Lambert

“ Always carry a litter bag in your car” - David Lass

“ To share with a friend is to see twice the beauty!” - Linda ( Laughrin) Thuilliez

“ See ya at the 30th” - Chris Lauten

“ Get it right the first time, you don't a second chance.” - Ken Masiakowski

“ Life is an adventure-go for it!” - Erin ( McManus) Parten

“ It's going to be a wild ride!” - Ernie Michaud

“ Life is surprising - hold on for the ride.” - Connie ( Miley) Cook

“ I wish I would've known my future” - Tim Miszewski

“ If I knew now what I'll know 30 yrs from now, I wouldn't change a thing” - Wesley “Wes” Muerhoff

“ There, for the grace of God, go I” - John Norgord

“ Enjoy every day to the fullest” - Dean Parra

“ "Cease seeing with the mind, and see with the vital spirit." [Chuang Tzu] - Debbie ( Peck) Miller

“ [The same quote] "Live life to its fullest".” - Heidi ( Reed) Klawien

“ Do NOT buy that 8 track player.” - Beth ( Rupple) Daleo

“ The best is yet to come!!!” - Karen Stauss

“ Follow your passion ... no matter how many people question it or discourage you” - Gigi Trebatoski

“ Always look back and remember” - Nancy ( Tupper) Funk

“ It was one hell of a great ride!!!” - Nancy Vanderpool-Peyton

“ Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened” - Brenda ( Vincent) Calhoun

“ "IT IS WHAT IT IS"” - Michael G. "Mike" Wagner

“ I am not young enough to know everything.” [ Oscar Wilde] - Chris [ Walls] Kronsnoble

“ [I wouldn't change it.]” - Lisa D. Wegner

“ The very same one. It turned out to be more true in my adult life than I ever could have imagined at the time I chose it.” - Marie ( Wells) Moeller

“I really was paying attention” – John Wisnieski

“ Expect the unexpected” - Thomas “Tom” Young

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“ Enjoy life don't take it so seriously” - John Zisky

Teacher Who Most Influenced Your Life
 

Not just one - Wendy ( Falter) Anderson

the band teacher - Jill ( Fuller) Gray

Science teachers - Ernie Michaud

all of my art teachers! - Connie ( Miley) Cook

?-Science teacher ??? cool guy - Tim Miszewski

none-only Mrs Carpenter at Quarry school - Reynaldo "Johnny" Garcia

Miss Adams (art class) - Randy Jackson

Mrs. Banter - Interior Design teacher - Michele Lambert

Mrs. Bantz (Art) & Mr. Baughn (English) - Terri (Hurd) Jamieson

Mrs Danke - Erin ( McManus) Parten

Mrs Reene Dwyer - Brenda ( Vincent) Calhoun

Pat Finnigan - Marie ( Wells) Moeller

Chuck Gaevart - Julie ( Gatzow) Leskovsek

Randy Hopf - Lisa D. Wegner

Mr. Kazmarick - Laurie ( Laitner) Anderson

Kaz - Michael "Mike/Bimbo" Boehmke

Mrs. Kipp - David Lass

Mrs. Kipp - Kathleen ( Schlehlein) McGrath

Mr Kohl - Physics - Chris Lauten

Charlie Kohls - Kurt Berger

Kohls /Shanks/Wentworth/Heine - Steve Hoag

Miss Mattson - Dori ( Jankowski) Rota

Mr Machan (A Capella-choir),Mr Truszynski(algebra) - Nancy ( Hedtcke) Bowman

Mr. James Mahon - Laurie Grunske

James Machan - Heidi ( Reed) Klawien

Mr. Mahan - Chris ( Walls) Kronsnoble

Mr. Mahon - Ken Masiakowski

Fred Metzner and James Machan - Steve Gosa

Mr. Metzner - John Norgord

Fred Metzner - Susan ( Gnant) Lewis

Fred Metzner - Brian Booth

he drama teacher - Jane ( Berger) Laue

Fred Metzner - Eric (Ric) Estlund

Fred Metzner - Thomas (Tom) Young

Counselor - Jerry Schlais - Roxanne (Holmes) Walker

ahhhh my counselor - Valarie "Lynn" (Olson) Robinson

Jeff Schleider - Art - Bart Gaffney

Mr. Schlueter (ART) - Debbie (Peck) Miller

Jeff Schlueter or Mrs. Foster (10th grade) - Beth (Rupple) Daleo

Bruce Scotland - Brian Hubbard

Mr. Solberg (drafting) – John Wisnieski

Mr. Tonnessen, Mr. Lindberg, Mrs. Vojtik and Mrs. Galloway - Gigi Trebatoski

Jim Truszynski & Bob Lindberg - Glenn Matsushima

Mr. Vitale – Richard “Dickie” Schetter

Nancy Vojtek - Cathy Atkinson

Nancy Vojtic (Crime & Law) - Wayne A. Evert

John Zola - William "Bill" Domina

Mr. Zola - Karen Stauss

Mr. Zola-U.S.History - Michael G. "Mike" Wagner

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Mr.Z - John Zisky

Favorite Makeout Places
 
  • Quarry elementary school. Minooka Park, the Airport
  • Minooka Park
  • Minooka Park
  • Minooka Park
  • Greenfield Park (when the cops weren't there), or my parents' rec room in the basement.
  • the basement at my parent's house
  • drive in
  • 59 outdoor drive in
  • in the car at the outdoor theater
  • in a car at the drive -in (of course)
  • Did it really matter?
  • Bussy Road Wolf Road
  • Back stage
  • My car
  • My husband's vehicle
  • My car
  • My car
  • Dead end - Takoma Hills
  • Dead end roads...they kept changing
  • SW corner of South High School through double doors in early spring w/ Laura
  • In John Bauer's basement--known for his famous parties. His parents were such nice hosts! And then there's always Minooka!
  • football field
  • Under the bleachers
  • Under the bleachers at a game
  • down the hill by K-Mart
  • On top of the hill across from the football field.
  • Behind the bleachers at the football field, before Pick and Save was there
  • the plateau
  • The guys I hung out with were on Hwy 100 in Wauwautosa, so it inevitably was the car
  • in a snowbank
  • Pieces of Eight
  • In front of my girlfriend's house
  • Kettle Moraine
  • Never did
  • I wish I'd had one!---That just wasn't in the "Divine Plan" for me much during those years...and now I know THAT WAS A GOOD THING!
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  • Ya, right to dorky looking in school to even get that far.
  • Oh my god! Who came up with these questions?
Your Biggest Secret Crush
 

I'll never tell!
- Cathy Atkinson

too many to select just one
- Kurt Berger

Lori Illing
- Michael "Mike/Bimbo" Boehmke

Lynn Tratnik
- Brian Booth

Rick something or other
- Deb ( Bykowski) Van Wyk

Can’t remember
Debra Celoni

too many to list!
- Jeff Church

no one
- Maria ( De Leon) Molina

Laurie Grunske
- William "Bill" Domina

Like I'm going to tell you that.
- Wayne A. Evert

Like I would tell!!
- Wendy ( Falter) Anderson

The combined Varsity Cheerleading/Pom-Pom squads
- Bart Gaffney

Even after 30 years I wouldn't tell
- Becky (Galit)z Calder

No one
- Julie (Gatzow) Leskovsek

It's a Secret
- Susan (Gnant) Lewis

She knows who she is
- Steve Gosa

Maybe I'll share that at the 40th!
- Laurie Grunske

Well, it wouldn't be a secret then...
- Nancy (Hedtcke) Bowman

This space is too small
- Steve Hoag

Can't remember that long ago!
- Roxanne (Holmes) Walker

Laura Davis
- Brian Hubbard

Jon Herbrand-he was a year ahead of us
- Terri ( Hurd) Jamieson

not going to say
- Laurie ( Laitner) Anderson

Some guy who ended up going to North!
- Linda ( Laughrin) Thuilliez

the girls
- Chris Lauten

I'm not telling!!
- Glenn Matsushima

Richard Hedtke
- Erin ( McManus) Parten

Garth Miller
- Connie ( Miley) Cook

I forget her name (a fox) hope I see her there
- Tim Miszewski

I ended up dating her - Laurie Illing
- Wesley “Wes” Muerhoff

It's a secret....................
- John Norgord

Bart Gaffney
- Valarie "Lynn" (Olson) Robinson

Karen Lemke
- Dean Parra

Don't remember
- Heidi (Reed) Klawien

Water under the bridge ....
- Beth ( Rupple) Daleo

No one
Richard “Dickie” Schetter

None
- Kathleen ( Schlehlein) McGrath

??????
- Scott Shane

Can't remember
- Karen Stauss

Greg Neuman
- Gigi Trebatoski

If I told you it wouldn't be a secret
- Nancy ( Tupper) Funk

Dennis Deaton
- Nancy Vanderpool-Peyton

Mike Winters, Wayne Johnson
- Chris (Walls) Kronsnoble

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Mike Boehmke
- Julene Woodard

What was the most embarrassing thing that happened to you in high school?
 
  • Dressing up as a "raisin" with Patty Schaller and Lana Cech and singing at a drama assembly in front of the entire school. It was all Bill Domina's fault! - Cathy Atkinson
  • Thank goodness ,even I must have forgotten - Jane ( Berger) Laue
  • Do not want to remember – Richard “Dickie” Schetter
  • Too many to count – Ah! The awkward teenage years! – Randy Jackson
  • Being suspended from the Track team my senior year. Who knew there was an athletic code? - Michael "Mike/Bimbo" Boehmke
  • Getting caught by Bob Solberg throwing the eraser puffy bag at Bill Crusan - Brian Booth
  • Fell up the steps on my first day in front of everyone - Deb ( Bykowski) Van Wyk
  • Getting caught scaling the outside of the building with some of the guys while entering a room next to a class. - Jeff Church
  • Falling on ice right in front of the school - Maria ( De Leon) Molina
  • Throwing up in gym class - William "Bill" Domina
  • My entire high school career was full of embarrassing moments. - Wayne A. Evert
  • A self-inflicted concussion via a tackling dummy durring a 2-a-day practice for football. - Bart Gaffney
  • I mis-colored my hair red - Julie ( Gatzow Leskovsek
  • Any embarrassment was self-inflicted and thoroughly planned out. - Steve Gosa
  • Somehow those memories have vanished! - Laurie Grunske
  • Whatever it was, I blocked such trauma from my memory! - Nancy ( Hedtcke) Bowman
  • Either falling up or down the stairs! - Catherine “Cathy” Heyen
  • My hair, at one time, was bigger than Stan Kassube's - Brian Hubbard
  • I got caught, by 2 police officers, making out in a car at Minooka Park; they had to persistently tap on the windows to get our attention because we were "busy" and the windows were all fogged up! I finally saw the gleam of the flashlight and knew I was busted - Terri ( Hurd) Jamieson
  • I gained about 50 pounds my junior and senior year - my prom pictures are completely off limits to everyone. - Dori ( Jankowski) Rota
  • too many to mention - David Kaczmarek
  • In speech class I was demonstraing how to hit a golf club and I hit the table - Laurie Laitner Anderson
  • I screwed up the mock trial in the Law class. I was the state trooper. I think Tom Sellars was the defense attorney. I totally blew my testimony. It sucked. - David Lass
  • Falling asleep in class after having a liquid lunch! - Linda ( Laughrin) Thuilliez
  • My hair - Chris Lauten
  • Locking my keys in the car in the parking lot. - Ken Masiakowski
  • Being elected to Homecoming Court and having to give up my spot to an exchange student, because I couldn't find a date and he could!!! - Glenn Matsushima
  • Falling up and down the stairwells with my flute case and having it open with my flute pieces everywhere. It happened more than once. Eeech! - Erin ( McManus) Parten
  • Too many to remember... - Connie ( Miley) Cook
  • Nothing (of course) - Tim Miszewski
  • Not looking at Mr. Machan during an Accapella rehersal and getting caught by the Freeman photographer that was pinted the next day in the newspaper........BUSTED. - John Norgord
  • Always losing my retainers. and also being so tall with no chest to speak of and being teased for it - Valarie "Lynn" ( Olson) Robinson
  • I fell off my platform shoes while exiting the vehicle at Homecoming. - Heidi ( Reed) Klawien
  • This was the most risky, not necessarily embarrassing...I ran for treasurer in 9th grade. I was one of the fraction of students coming from Butler so realistically, I didn't have a prayer. We had great posters and I gave a clever poetic speech but alas, - Beth ( Rupple) Daleo
  • Probably laughing so hard I peed my pants! - Karen Stauss
  • When beer bottles fell out of my locker and a teacher walked by and caught me. - Nancy ( Tupper) Funk
  • Getting called to the principal's office for calling him a dumb ass - Chris ( Walls) Kronsnoble
  • A horrible photo of me with my mouth hanging open was printed in our Junior yearbook. - Lisa D. Wegner
  • The underwire of my bra sticking out of my sweater :) - Marie ( Wells) Moeller
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  • Caught streaking - Thomas “Tom” Young
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Waukesha - All praise to thee
Praise to thee in word and song.
Thy light shall ever be…
A beacon clear and strong.
We will always work and fight…
To uphold thee in thy might.
We shall guard thy fame…
and adore thy name
Waukesha, all praise to thee.
Reunion Planning Committee Members
Co-Chairs: Chris (Walls) Kronsnoble and Gigi Trebatoski
Beth (Kopecky) Yenerich, Treasurer - Dori Rota (Doris Jankowski), Webmaster
Sue (Gnant) Lewis, Cathy Atkinson, Peter Watts, Bart Gaffney, Jill Henning, Terri (Hurd) Jamieson
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